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The employment of disabled people

These statistics give a detailed analysis and break downs of the number of disabled people in employment.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
24 March 2020
Last updated
5 November 2024 — See all updates

Summary estimates of the number of disabled people in employment are published regularly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their ‘Labour Market Overview, UK’ series. This publication presents more detailed analysis and break downs of those summary estimates.

Changes to the statistics

The latest release of statistics (published on 5 November 2024) includes new data on:

  • those economically inactive due to long-term sickness by ethnicity
  • quality of work indicators
  • the average wellbeing scores for disabled and non-disabled people in and out of employment by various characteristics
  • flows of economically inactive students into employment by disability status
  • the inclusion of long-term sickness absence tables

Feedback

Users are invited to provide feedback on the employment of disabled people statistics, including the new breakdowns and how you use the statistics and how well they meet your requirements, by email: team.workandhealthanalysis@dwp.gov.uk

Latest release

Background information and methodology

Previous release

Updates to this page

Published 24 March 2020
Last updated 5 November 2024 + show all updates

  1. Added the latest annual release: "The employment of disabled people 2024".

  2. Added a note to the page about changes to the employment of disabled people statistics in forthcoming releases. The next release of statistics will be published on 5 November 2024 at 9:30am.

  3. Added the latest annual release: "The employment of disabled people 2023".

  4. Added a note to the page about changes to the employment of disabled people statistics in forthcoming releases. The next release of statistics will be published on 26 October 2023 at 9:30am.

  5. Added the latest annual release - 'The employment of disabled people 2022'.

  6. Added information to the page about future release of these statistics. From the next release (due to be published on 26 January 2023) the statistics will include new information on economic inactivity.

  7. Added a link to the latest release of these statistics.

  8. Added information about additional breakdowns that will be included in the next annual release of these statistics (due to be published on 4 November 2021).

  9. First published.

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